Lorde tweeted yesterday: "There is a difference between attention from fans, which I love, and the constant, often lecherous gaze that I am subjected to in this industry.

"I know that success comes with a price tag, it just sucks when you see that in your tiny home country where you previously felt safe."

Yesterday Lorde took out a full page ad of the New Zealand Herald with a handwritten letter thanking her fans for their support leading up to her Grammys performance and dual wins.

In it she wrote: "I just wanted to say thankyou (sic) for the time you've given me these past 14 months. Finding out about me online or in between these pages or in your headphones. Without your support, there's no way I would ever have gotten to stand in the middle of the Staples Centre and perform in my school shoes."

Last night, Lorde performed for a much smaller crowd of nearly 10,000 fans in Auckland. And found herself nostalgic and lyrical about the last year of her life.

And of course, the last couple of days.

"I'm sorry for swearing, but I f---ing won two Grammys!"

REVIEW

Just 48 hours after the awards show that saw her pitted, and come up triumphant, against the likes of Katy Perry and Bruno Mars, Lorde made up for her absence from the Laneway festival with an almost-sold out solo show at Auckland's Silo Park.

It was a love letter performance, a sweet exchange between a nation infatuated with the coolest kid on the block, and a superstar giving a nod to the first fans, the ones who watched her rise.

Only four months ago, Lorde played for 5000 fans in a free show at the Vector Arena.

Her first big headlining show, it was a good night. It proved the 17-year-old was the real deal live.

But the transformation from Lorde on stage then and Lorde on stage now borders on metamorphic.

Just like at the Vector, Lorde opened with The Love Club EP track Bravado last night.

The difference was palpable.

Yes, she's older (slightly) but she's also become so much more confident in her performance, in the unique way she delivers her music, unapologetic as her body is possessed by the beat.

She looks more comfortable on stage now, like she's enjoying the experience even more. And her voice has matured too. It was almost unbelievable that she was singing live.

It was wicked to see the girl's still taking risks, covering James Blake track Retrograde and Son Lux song Easy in the set.

And she delivered in covering off most of her debut album Pure Heroine for a crowd that seemed to know every word.

She enlisted the audience to dance along to track Team, and gave a nod to the history of Ribs, a song she penned on the day of last year's Laneway festival.

'Royals', song of the year and the one that started it all, was a pretty special moment.

Euphoric melody rose into the darkening Auckland city skyline as the 10,000 audience members recited every word alongside its author.

White glow sticks, distributed to the crowd before the show, hung above the mass, swaying back and forth in clutched hands.